I no its not for a little while yet but just wondered if there was any truth in what id heard about your 3rd delivery, i have read and heard from somewhere that for some reason your 3rd delivery is the one that can cause the most complications and can be the most stressful

So anyones experiences or if you no any of your friends who have had 3 babys could you share how the labour and delivery went

no personal experiece but i'm sure they can't predict how easy or hard any labour will be!

the only thing they do say is they get quicker??

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:10 am

gemz20

Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:48 pmPosts: 0Location: London

The reason im posting is the 3 people i no for some reason there 3rd was worse than any of there others much longer to, 2 ended up having c-sections and the other one had big blood loss but then 2 of them went on to have simple easy 4th labours so just wondering if its common for there to be problems x

Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:18 am

jokluz

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Joined: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:48 pmPosts: 21Location: Warwickshire

I hope its not true!! I have heard that your 3rd can be fast but not more complicated!

carlys my 3rd and the best of them all it was 10 hrs from wen my waters went to having her,and wen my waters went my contractions come straight away 3-4 mins apart.
waters went at 4.30 am,had to go hossie at 7.30 due to my previous section with my 1st and a 3rd dgree tear with my second.
was any 3 cm so wasnt to happy.then at 11.30 was any 6cm ,and started pushing at bout 1pm and she was born at 2.23 pm.
i had no tears or stitches,which is surprising coz of hos bad my tear was last time.
the pains did seem worse but i was dosed up on gas and air so wasnt to bad,i loved the labour my blood loss after was hardly anything compared to my 1st 2 aswell and didnt evan need any paracetamol,i took 2 bout 1 hr aftr i had her coz they said the after pains r really bad but thats all i took.and i hardly had any after pains.
sorry to go on,but all in all its the best labour i had and delivery and recovery

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:57 am

sheryl34

Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:03 pmPosts: 0Location: Woking

Hi

I've just had my 3rd and I'm sorry to say it was the worse labour / delivery I've had. My other 2 got stuck but I was able to deliver with Ventouse assistance so recovering was a couple of days. With this little lady she also got stuck but hadn't come down so had to have emergency c-section, I have to say my recovering hasn't been as bad as I thought and I'm getting there it's the no driving which is hard with 2 older children.

It's all worth it in the end and I firmly believe that you shouldn't set your sights on having this not doing that etc just go with the flow and take it as it comes.

Good luck and remember everyone is different and you could have a brilliant and quick labour.

Sheryl

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:45 am

gemz20

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Thank you for your honest replies ladies x

Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:37 pm

weemummy

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I was my mums 3rd labour and she said i was the best. From start to finish it was 2hours 20 mins (what a good baby i was ). She had no problems at all!

My friend has just had her 3rd baby and my SIL had her 3rd, both in July and they both pretty much just farted them out and were home within a few hours

I have heard that the 3rd is supposed to be worst but i've heard nothing to back it up!

xx

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:42 pm

sonicboo

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My MW told me 3rd babies were notoriously awkward

She didn't say labour would be bad though, so don't panic!

In my case the awkwardness was very true. Alice was back to back and I had on off contractions from 38 weeks. Spent 4 weeks being very fed up and tearful. Was finally induced 2 weeks overdue but nothing happened ...my waters went on their own on day 15 overdue and she was born 1 1/2 hours later. It was definately my most painful labour, but I think mainly because it was soooo quick and went from nothing to everything once my waters went.

But it really can't have been all that bad as i wouldn't be doing it again

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:43 pm

BooandLump

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I'm on my 3rd baby and hoping to god this dosnt go bad,lol.

My first 2 labours were pretty uncomplicated, and my 2nd was quick, even though I was in hospital for a week before hand with contractions and infections, but he was born within 2 hours.

I would like my 3rd to be less complicated please,lol.

Stacey

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:29 pm

zoemack

Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:28 pmPosts: 0Location: southend on sea

hiya Gemster

well i can honestly say that Sams Labour was no harder than my first 2 ,
he was my only one to come early , only one whose waters broke independently and my labour was only 3 hours ,
my worst was naughty Miss Sophie so another couple to go yet hun after little Ernie x x x x

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Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:02 pm

pisceangirl76

Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:33 amPosts: 0Location: Wales

I'm on my 3rd pregancy and my first 2 were horrendous so can't get any worse!

I've always thought that they got easier with each child? As once they've been down the birth canal it's easier for the next and so on...

My eldest will be 13 and yougest will be 9 1/2 when the baby's born, due to the long gap will this mean it will be like a first pregnancy as my last was a c section, aargh!